Foster homes unavailable for teens in Linn County
Six teens are housed at Linn Shelter Care Facility as juvenile court considers their cases. Judge Brent Harstad says they should be in foster care or a permanent arrangement, but no Linn County foster homes take teenagers. The youths, seen as victims, await disposition or transfer to long term care amid a housing shortage and abuse concerns.
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Linn
6Th District Juvenile Court
Brent Harstad
Linn County
Harstad
Reagan unveils 180 billion defense plan to expand MX and B-1
President Reagan outlines a 180.3 billion six year plan to deploy 100 MX missiles and restart B-1 bomber production with a 1984 to 1988 delivery window and a future Stealth bomber in the 1990s. The plan places MX in existing silos and maintains strategic balance for peace.
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Washington
Reagan
America
Utah
Nevada
Midwest
Carter
Rockwell International
Collins
Cedar Rapids
Rockwell-Collins
United States
Soviet Union
Bedell dairy plan backed by key farm-state lawmakers
Iowa congressman Berkley Bedell and Rep. Tom Tauke spearhead a compromise on dairy price supports. The draft would raise supports closer to 70 while keeping overall cost near the Senate farm bill level. The proposal, publicized in the Congressional Record, drew strong backing from the House Agriculture Committee and dairy interests.
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Congress
Senate
Tom Tauke
Iowa
Berkley Bedell
D Lown
Congressional Record
House Agriculture Committee
Tyson Riot Phone Call Says Inmate Foretold Killers
An attorney for Gary Tyson says the Waterloo inmate phoned his Davenport office about 10 to 10:30 a.m. on September 2, hours before the Iowa State Penitentiary riot. Tyson warned guards would kill him as the siege began at 10:20 a.m. and ended after 12 hostages were freed.
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Des Moines
Gary Tyson
Iowa State Penitentiary
UPI
Thomas Kelly
Davenport
Tyson
Waterloo
Kelly
DCI
Gerald Shanahan
Division of Criminal Investigation
September jobless rate up to 7.5 percent
The Labor Department reported a record national unemployment rate of 7.5 percent in September with about 8 million people out of work, 309000 more than August. The jobless rate for blacks reached a record high while many moved to part time work The share of people employed fell to 58.1 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S
Husband and Wife Share Perfect Understanding
A husband comments that he and his wife have a perfect understanding. He states he does not try to run his wife’s life nor his own, underscoring mutual respect in their marriage.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Texas
Foster
Caspar Weinberger
Bedell Dairy Plan
Dairy
LW Ward
Pinicon Ridge Park
Central City
Linn County Conservation Commission
Polk County Conservation Board
Mineola
N.Y
Long Island
New York City
Abby Marion
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